Punisher (album)

Punisher
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 18, 2020
Recorded2018–2019
StudioSound City (Van Nuys, California)
Genre
Length40:37
LabelDead Oceans
Producer
Phoebe Bridgers chronology
Better Oblivion Community Center
(2019)
Punisher
(2020)
Copycat Killer
(2020)
Singles from Punisher
  1. "Garden Song"
    Released: February 26, 2020
  2. "Kyoto"
    Released: April 9, 2020
  3. "ICU"
    Released: May 19, 2020
  4. "I Know the End"
    Released: July 29, 2020[1]
  5. "Savior Complex"
    Released: December 7, 2020[2]

Punisher is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, released on June 18, 2020, by Dead Oceans.[3] It is the follow-up to her 2017 debut album, Stranger in the Alps. In the years prior to her sophomore effort, the California native also formed the bands Boygenius and Better Oblivion Community Center.

Punisher was recorded over a year and a half at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles and reunited Bridgers with producers Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska, who also engineered Alps. Its recording process was collaborative with its liner notes crediting over two dozen prominent musicians, including Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Christian Lee Hutson, Jim Keltner, Blake Mills, and Conor Oberst. Punisher was supported by five singles "Garden Song", "Kyoto", "ICU", "I Know the End" and "Savior Complex". Upon its release, the album attracted acclaim from music critics, who celebrated its open lyricism.

  1. ^ Skinner, Tom (July 29, 2020). "Watch Phoebe Bridgers' eerie new video for 'I Know The End'". NME. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Future Releases - Triple A". allaccess.org. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Shaffer, Claire (June 18, 2020). "Phoebe Bridgers Drops Album Early, Encourages Donations for Racial Justice". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.